Baird

Baird's hiring process opens with a recruiter phone interview and progresses to manager and team interviews; initial conversations are typically virtual and later stages in person, and the firm states candidates may go through several rounds before a final decision. For the Global Investment Banking US Analyst Internship, the firm publishes a more specific cycle: applications open in late December for two weeks, phone and campus interviews run in January and February, and Super Days are held in late February. The IB loop therefore concentrates into about two months in midwinter, overlapping with the Super Day windows at other middle-market banks, so candidates running the season generally prepare for several in parallel.

Baird runs three named internship streams:

• Firmwide Intern Program: full-time over summer (typically late May to mid-August), with year-round variants in some teams, across more than 75 US offices and over 300 placements annually; rising sophomores and juniors are the firm's stated target.
• Global Investment Banking Intern Program (US): 10 weeks for undergraduate analysts, with a parallel associate stream for first-year MBA students; onboarding in Chicago or Milwaukee and seats in Charlotte, Houston, New York, and Tysons Corner.
• Global Investment Banking Intern Programme (Europe): a 10-week London Summer Internship (July–September), a 6-month London Off-Cycle Analyst Internship (January–June or July–December), and a 3-month Frankfurt Quarterly Analyst Internship on rolling applications.

The firmwide and IB streams absorb several hundred interns between them; for a candidate, the choice is between a broad firmwide cohort that includes Private Wealth Management, Asset Management, and Equities and a narrower IB analyst track with its own application window.

Baird's US Global Investment Banking internships require permanent US citizenship: the firm does not sponsor employment visas for these positions, and the requirement appears consistently across US intern postings. The European GIB Programme takes a different line — visa requirements are assessed during application review and sponsorship is considered case by case. The gate is hard on the US side: a non-citizen targeting an analyst seat applies through London or Frankfurt, not Chicago, Milwaukee, or New York.

For the 2027 cohort, Baird's published windows for the Global Investment Banking streams are:

• US Analyst Internship: applications open in late December and close after two weeks; interviews January–February; Super Days late February.
• US Associate Internship (MBA): applications open in mid-September and close after one month; interviews October–November; Super Days December (January for select schools).
• London Summer Internship: opens in autumn for the following summer.
• London Off-Cycle Analyst Internship: hires for January–June or July–December rotations, with applications opening ahead of each window.
• Frankfurt Quarterly Analyst Internship: rolling applications throughout the year.

The Firmwide Intern Program posts during fall semester for the following summer and fills on a rolling basis. The IB Analyst window is the narrowest and earliest in the US sophomore-recruiting calendar; missing the two-week December opening means waiting a full cycle.

Baird is privately held and employee-owned — roughly 85% of associates hold stock in the firm — and has been named to Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For for 23 consecutive years as of March 2026, ranked No. 16 on the 2026 list. The Global Investment Banking practice is middle-market focused, with a particular reputation for industrial-sector coverage. Headcount is Milwaukee-weighted: more than half of the firm's 300+ annual intern placements sit in Milwaukee, with smaller seats in Chicago, Charlotte, Houston, New York, Tysons Corner, London, and Frankfurt, and intern-to-full-time conversion runs around 45%. A candidate choosing Baird is choosing middle-market industrials coverage and an employee-ownership model over the deal-size scale of a bulge-bracket bank.

Yes. Baird currently has 4 open internship and graduate roles on Jorb AI: summer internships, insight programs, graduate schemes, and early-career positions across the United Kingdom and the United States. Postings update continuously as new roles are added and filled.

Baird has open internship and graduate roles in the United Kingdom and the United States. Specific offices and program structure (summer vs year-round, internship vs graduate scheme) vary by region; check individual postings for details.

Applications to Baird go through the official careers site. Each role on this page links directly to the specific application. Baird does not use third-party submission services.